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thnycav wrote:
- These students are adults, who have ALREADY accepted the challengest incumbent with being a concealed permit holder.
Everyone who carries a gun also carries the responsibility to determine the threat - I don't choose to call it a "target", simply because of the connotation of the word. We have accepted that it takes a great deal of judgment and maturity to accept that responsibility.
The bad guy is the one with the gun, shooting innocent people. If you can't see that; if you can't determine the threat, you have no business shooting.
Better yet, I'll be the one who carries, who practicss, and who accepts the responsibility for me and, if necessary, others around me.
thnycav wrote:
Correct. Among them are:I hate to be a wet blanket about this but there are things we do need to consider.
- These students are adults, who have ALREADY accepted the challengest incumbent with being a concealed permit holder.
One, I would hope you aren't carrying with a canceled permit. Permits get cancelled because individuals surrender them voluntarily or because they're taken away for cause. Neither is true here.Even though you may have a canceled carry permit do you have the expertise to be able to determine the target.
Everyone who carries a gun also carries the responsibility to determine the threat - I don't choose to call it a "target", simply because of the connotation of the word. We have accepted that it takes a great deal of judgment and maturity to accept that responsibility.
Perhaps, but not necessarily. By the time the police get there, the bad guy is probably down and the others will have secured their weapons because the threat is no longer present.With more guns it does give the police that does respond another problem sorting out who is the good guys and who is the bad guys.
Excuse me? Who at VT was given the option of going into the hallway? Perhaps I missed the part where Cho asked who wanted to be shot.Now if you where at VT and the firing started you go in the hallway and other like minded people do the same can you choose who is the bad guy and who is the good guy.
The bad guy is the one with the gun, shooting innocent people. If you can't see that; if you can't determine the threat, you have no business shooting.
Tactical training would be a great help. But look at the issue this way.....if you have a choice between someone who's undergone even the minimum training required to get a CHL and no training at all, which do you want by your side? If you have someone near you who's gotten the permit, taken even some training, taken the time to select a weapon for carry, wouldn't you be grasping at those straws? I know I would.I feel that one would need lots of tactical training.
Better yet, I'll be the one who carries, who practicss, and who accepts the responsibility for me and, if necessary, others around me.